The University of Arizona has again been ranked as a top 25 U.S. public university by Times Higher Education.

The U of A tied for No. 138 globally and ranked No. 45 in the U.S. and No. 22 among U.S. public colleges and universities in Times Higher Education's World University Rankings 2026, released Wednesday. It is the second consecutive year the U of A has earned a spot among the nation's top 25 public universities.

The U of A also placed No. 1 among universities in the Southwest – Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Utah – and No. 15 among state flagship universities.

In this year's edition, 2,191 universities (99 more than last year) from 115 countries and territories are ranked. The U of A ranks in the top 7% globally. The university's best scores came in the categories of research quality (86.1 out of a possible 100) and industry engagement (80.6).

The U of A also ranked in the top 100 globally in physical sciences (tied for No. 50 globally) and social sciences (tied No. 95). The physical sciences ranking represents a 15-spot jump from last year's mark, and it places the U of A tied for No. 25 in the U.S. and tied for No. 11 among public colleges and universities.

Times Higher Education has been evaluating global colleges and universities for more than two decades. For this year's ranking, Times Higher Education assessed research-intensive universities across 18 performance indicators in the following five categories, with varying weight given to each:

• Teaching: 29.5%
• Research environment: 29%
• Research quality: 30%
• International outlook: 7.5%
• Industry (income and patents): 4%

This year's rankings examined 175 million citations across 18.7 million research publications and included survey responses from tens of thousands of scholars globally.